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Colloquialisms and slang have unstable meaning over history, location, and cultures. Generally, something to be avoided by people striving for clearer communic
by Joel_Mckay 2mo ago
Colloquialisms and slang have unstable meaning over history, location, and cultures.
Generally, something to be avoided by people striving for clearer communication. =3
- saghm 2mo ago> Generally, something to be avoided by people striving for clearer communication Their communication seemed pretty clear to me. If anyone actually claims that they didn't understand what they meant but would have understood it by using the other form of the expression, I think that's a bold-faced lie.
- freedomben 2mo agoI'm on the other side of this one, but take an up vote for a glorious closer. Well done good sir.
- saghm 2mo agoI'll admit I mostly stole the idea from https://xkcd.com/1576/ https://xkcd.com/1576/